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Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Turkey
Health Policy, 2010This study aims to identify the level of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in Turkey and, to reveal household factors predicting this outcome.CHE is calculated from a national representative data derived from TurkStat, Household Budget Survey, Consumption Expenditures, 2006.
Mahmut S Yardim +2 more
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Determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Nigeria
European Journal of Health Economics, 2017Catastrophic health expenditure is a measure of financial risk protection and it is often incurred by households who have to pay out of pocket for health care services that are not affordable. The study assessed the determinants of catastrophic health expenditure among households in Nigeria.Secondary data from the Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard ...
Bolaji Samson Aregbeshola +1 more
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Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis
Lancet, The, 2003Health policy makers have long been concerned with protecting people from the possibility that ill health will lead to catastrophic financial payments and subsequent impoverishment. Yet catastrophic expenditure is not rare. We investigated the extent of catastrophic health expenditure as a first step to developing appropriate policy responses.We used a
David B Evans, Christopher Jl Murray
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Determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Vietnam
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2020AbstractBackgroundThe Government of Vietnam has set the goal of achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2025. Health insurance (HI) is being considered a tool to achieve this goal. However, out‐of‐pocket spending and catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) remain high. Research evidence on how to reduce these expenditures to achieve UHC is essential.
Nguyen Thi Thu Thuong +4 more
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Abortion as a Catastrophic Health Expenditure in the United States
Women's Health Issues, 2020Abortion is a critical reproductive health service that is difficult for many in the United States to afford owing to policies aimed at restricting insurance coverage of this basic health service. This article assesses whether the resulting high out-of-pocket cost for abortion could be considered a catastrophic health expenditure, and explores ...
Carmela Zuniga +2 more
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Catastrophic Expenditure for Health in the Philippines
Acta Medica Philippina, 2022Catastrophic expenditure occurs when a household allocates more than 40% of its effective, or non-subsistence, income for health expenditures.1,2 In general, low-income households, those with older persons or persons with disabilities, and families with members requiring healthcare for chronic illnesses are more likely to experience this phenomenon.
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Incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures and impoverishment in Pakistan
Public Health, 2021Out-of-pocket (OOP) payment is a major health financing mechanisms across developing nations such as Pakistan. Private health expenditures are estimated to be 64.4%, of which 89% are OOP made by the households (National Health Accounts, 2015-16). These high health care expenditures cause households to face financial burden resulting in poverty.
S. Bashir, S. Kishwar, null Salman
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Catastrophic Health Expenditures With Pregnancy and Delivery in the United States
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022OBJECTIVE: To describe prevalence, trends, and risk factors for catastrophic health expenditures in the year of delivery among birth parents (delivering people). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 2008–2016.
Jessica A, Peterson +3 more
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Institutional Financing of Catastrophic Health Expenditures
Philippine Journal of Development, 2015Patients' financial protection is considered a key component of health systems and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. Of paramount importance are catastrophic health expenditures, which can severely restrict affected patients and families' access to much-needed services, contribute to (further) impoverishment, or both.
Valerie Gilbert Ulep +1 more
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BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF STUDIES ON CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES
Ege Akademik Bakis (Ege Academic Review)According to World Health Organization, after meeting basic needs of household, spending on health equal to or more than 40 percent of their income is called catastrophic health expenditures (CHE). Individuals' out-of-pocket expenses for advanced treatments and the risk of being exposed to catastrophe have increased considerably.
Mete, Buse +4 more
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